Oxford Diecast - 2016 deliveries and announcements

[woodbury22uk]

With the last delivery of new items for 2015 now in the shops I thought this is a good time to set up a 2016 page.

Items announced in May 2015 and October 2015 and due for delivery in 2016 are listed below:-

NAEC002    AEC Matador with crane - Pickfords * 2/2016
NAEC004    AEC Matador with crane - London Brick Company * 4/2016
NAEC010    AEC Matador - Royal Navy
NAT004      Austin Low Loader Taxi - Burgundy
NBL006      Bristol Lodekka LD bus - Eastern National 2/2016

NBSA002    Motorbike and Sidecar - RAC 3/2016
NBSA003    Motorbike and Sidecar - Royal Mail 4/2016
NBSA005    Motorbike and Sidecar - 34th Armoured Brigade - May 2016
NCA003      Bedford CA Ice Cream van - Lyons Maid
NCOM003  Commer Commando coach - BEA

NCT004      Citroen 2CV - Bamboo Green - May 2016
NCV003      Caravan - Cream and Brown
NDEF008    Land Rover Defender LWB Hard Top - Network Rail 2/2016
NDEF009    Land Rover Defender LWB Hard Top - AA
NFT020       Ford Transit LWB - West Sussex F & R

NIRZ004      Scania Irizar coach - Eddie Stobart  1/2016
NLRT002      Leyland Royal Tiger coach - Southdown 4/2016
NMB001      Mercedes Actros Curtainside artic  - Eddie Stobart *
NMWD002  Bedford MWD - Royal Artillery 3/2016
NNR001      New Routemaster bus - London General *

NOWB006  Bedford OWB bus - British Railways 1/2016
NPB005      Commer PB van - London Fire Brigade
NPE009.    Plaxton Elitecoach  - East Yorkshire Coaches 3/2016
NPP004.    Plaxton Panorama 1 coach - Midland Red 3/2016
NSET003    5 Piece bus/coach set - Southdown

NSFE003    Scania Pump Ladder fire  - Grampian F & R
NTIL002    Austin Tilly - 51st Highland Division 3/2016
NTIL005    Austin Tilly - London Fire Brigade
NUT005    Guy Arab Utility bus - Wolverhampton
NWFL001.  Weymann Fanfare coach  - Leyland - Southdown*

NWM002  Whitby Ice Cream van – Dimascios

* =  new moulding/variation   Red text = delivery announced

There is only one car in that list. Cars remain the major gap in the range but Oxford clearly have some difficulty in achieving financial viability with this type of vehicle in N, unlike in 1/76 and 1/43 where there are established collector markets which probably exceed the model railway demand.

Just in case anyone is wondering, I have no special relationship with Oxford Diecast. I just report here the news which I find. From my experience OD respond well to model proposals supported by lots of photographic detail, accurate dimensioned drawings, and a reasoned case why there is a market for thousands of a particular moulding in 4 or more colour schemes.

[Newportnobby]

Thanks for that, Mike.

Just in case anyone is wondering, I have no special relationship with Oxford Diecast.

Yes - I was beginning to wonder

From my experience OD respond well to model proposals supported by lots of photographic detail, accurate dimensioned drawings, and a reasoned case why there is a market for thousands of a particular moulding in 4 or more colour schemes.

Still no cattle lorry :'(
I'll have to do a bit of research and see if I can convince them.

[woodbury22uk]

Mick

I seem to remember that someone is designing a cattle float kit in laser cut wood in 1/76 scale. The drawings might scale down for us, and you can't beat a model of a wooden body made out of wood. Might sit on the BT Models BMC FG flatbed or chassis. I'll see if I can find out more.

[javlinfaw7]

Would the back of the Dornaplas ford or Thorniecroft
cattle truck fit?

[bridgiesimon]

     "There is only one car in that list. Cars remain the major gap in the range but Oxford clearly have some difficulty in achieving financial viability with this type of vehicle in N, unlike in 1/76 and 1/43 where there are established collector markets which probably exceed the model railway demand."

Seems like the case but very frustrating, you only have to look at the average road and can instantly see the ratio lorries to cars. I do not understand it either because there are loads of cars on exhibition layouts obviously not including the home layouts etc so the lack of cars being done confuses me especially with the more limited models such as the oice cream vans which are produced - I have 30+ cars but only 1 ice cream van!

Best wishes and merry Christmas

Simon

[trkilliman]

Simon, I think there's a few of us who are often mystified/disappointed by the Oxford releases. I model the very early 1950s and turned to the R.Parker cars to get what I wanted.

If their cars sell slowly then maybe they would do better to produce and issue sets of 3-4 cars of the same era, e.g a Capri, Escort, Avenger and Viva.

I also think they could do sets of circus and fairground vehicles, with scope for accessories to go with them. We all of course have our own "wish list" of vehicles, but I do think they miss a trick or three with some of their releases.

I have to wonder if the growing number of 3D/resin manufacturers lists will soon include some cars and lorries...

Of course before Oxford an B.T we relied heavily on white metal. I am therefore thankful for their introduction.

[CliveH]

Would the back of the Dornaplas ford or Thorniecroft
cattle truck fit?

Well, it worked for me!

Cheers

Clive[smg id=33023 type=preview align=center caption="Base Toys cab Dornaplas chassis"]

[Newportnobby]

That's pretty damned good, Clive, but I'd like something a little later era-wise.

[PLD]

That's pretty damned good, Clive, but I'd like something a little later era-wise.

These types of bodies tended to get moved from chassis to chassis so it was not uncommon to find a relatively new chassis carrying a much older body. There would by nothing wrong in fitting that body onto an appropriate chassis for your era...

[bluedepot]

NNR001      New Routemaster bus - London General *


a Borismaster???

[woodbury22uk]

NNR001      New Routemaster bus - London General *


a Borismaster???

Livery drawing on this page.

http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/eras/1_148_2010__Current.htm

[Railwaygun]

Everyone up here calls them Boris Buses., like the bikes.

Pity about the lack of A/C ( being retrofitted at vast cost)? And the unreliability of the hubris power packs - most seem to be running on diesel only.

I think they were made in the Dapol factory!!

[woodbury22uk]

Just one new release scheduled for January 2016 at the moment:-

NOWB006  Bedford OWB bus - British Railways

This is a genuine BR livery, although the exact shade is lost in the mists of time.

[javlinfaw7]

Is it not still in he original wartiime grey which can vary from batch to batch.

[woodbury22uk]

It must be a very faded version of the wartime grey which was closer to Halfords primer. There only seems to be one photo and it appears to be at the pae end of the grey scale. OWBs were delivered in Brown rather than grey when new, although many operators repainted them if they had some colour left.

Interesting conundrum for anyone producing models from black and white photos. So I have no way of knowing whether the Oxford interpretation is close or not. My copy of the photo is very washed out.